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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 3 districts are red zones, 21 yellow zones

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Five more districts in Bulgaria have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19 green zones to yellow zones, meaning

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia introduces first-stage anti-Covid measures

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, classified as a Covid-19 red zone, has as of July 18 introduced first-stage measures against the

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Tenth anniversary of terrorist attack on Israelis at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

A solemn commemoration was held at Bourgas Airport on July 18 to mark the 10th anniversary of a terrorist attack

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party accepts mandate to try to form government

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) accepted on July 18 the third and final mandate to try to get a government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport plans large increase in check-in counters

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Significantly more check-in counters will be provided at the refurbished Terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria’s capital city, the

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Bulgaria’s mortality rate in Q2 2022 down y/y

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 24 910 deaths were registered in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2022, which was 9702 –

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 22 deaths, 6657 new cases

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 37 294, with 22 new deaths registered in the past week, according to

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President to offer Bulgarian Socialist Party mandate to seek to form government

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on July 18 at 5pm offer to the candidate Prime Minister from the Bulgarian Socialist

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Signing with Bulgaria means step forward towards N Macedonia’s EU talks

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The joint intergovernmental commission of Bulgaria and North Macedonia met in Sofia on July 17, with the two countries’ foreign

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